The Bat
Book description
For months, the city has lived in fear of the Bat. A master criminal hindered by neither scruple nor fear, he has stolen over one million dollars and left at least six men dead. The police are helpless, the newspapers know nothing—even the key figures of the city's underworld have…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Bat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Although it’s 100 years old, The Bat ages remarkably well with a mysterious stranger, a tough detective, a missing fortune, and an indomitable “old lady,” Cornelia Van Gorder, who rents the house where all these characters come together and where death and menace hover nearby. The book, later a play, and later still filmed twice, has humor, suspense, romance, and a surprise twisty ending that should satisfy any mystery reader.
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